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Friday, July 9, 1937
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The Headlines
Polo Player Breaks Skull and Possibly Neck As Pony Falls and Rolls on Him at Westbury
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
On This Day
The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Donald Rumsfeld (1932)
- Edward Heath (1916)
- Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578)
- Hassan II of Morocco (1929)
- Ben Roy Mottelson (1926)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Jet Engine, Walkie-Talkie & Photocopier Concepts.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
32,473 days ago
(88 years, 353 days)